Mycetoma of the lung in a cavity that developed from a gunshot wound

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 369-371

  Takahashi, Naoki ^a   Kawashima, Akira ^a   Stroehlein, Kristina B ^a   Oldham, Sandra A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOREIGN BODY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MYCETOMA; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0032963324     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.2.9930784     Document Type: Article

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